A shark species rockcod yesterday attacked another person in the coast of Pernambuco, but this time was the victim's behavior that surprised. The fisherman Malvas Cristino de Souza, 28, spotted the animal in a pen - the type of fish trap constructed of wood - Itamaracá, Great Barrier, and dove to catch it. He and a friend, identified only as Rodrigo, were closing the trawl when the female of 2.27 meters bit his left foot Mallow. The boy managed to get rid of kicking the head of the animal, soon received care at the Hospital of the Restoration (HR), in Recife, and well. As the victim knew the risk he ran, the case does not enter the official statistics of attacks.
Despite the shock, the medical HR found that the wound is superficial and there was no fracture. Very quiet, the fisherman said he was the first time that plunged into a corral with a shark, even this practice is not so rare. "I work on the high seas. But I went to the barn because my colleague had to get the fish and did not find anyone to accompany him, "he said.

The fishermen left Praia da Baixa Verde, near Pilar, at 7am. After 40 minutes on a rowing boat, the two reached the corral and saw the shark. "My friend said it was a shark (shark species), but I said it was a dogfish. At the same time we wanted to take the animal to sell, "said wicked, who at that time entered the sea with the colleague to position the network in the corral.

The attack happened at 9am. "I pushed the slang (piece of wood that serves to close the network) with the foot and then just felt something snapping my foot. I started screaming and my friend helped to scare the animal. I was very afraid. The shark was so big it broke into the network, "he said. Other fishermen led mauve to HR, where he should be hospitalized at least until Sunday receiving injections of antibiotics. Although not serious, the wound of 20 centimeters, can become infected due to bacteria in the mouth of the animal.

Mavis had much luck. For the size of the animal could have lost his leg. It is what does the course coordinator of care to victims of shark attack Hospital of Aeronautics and HR vascular surgeon, doctor Claudio Souza. "The attack was characteristic of being a warning, when the animal wants to scare. He had no nerves hit. If it was a concentrated attack, for sure pluck the leg of the boy, "he believes. The fisherman is ignoring the hype. "Would you try to catch a shark, because it makes money," he said, had captured a fish like three years ago in high seas.

The director of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) and coordinator of the State Monitoring Incidents Sharks (Cemit), Fabio Hazin, classified the incident as an accident at work. "He intended to catch the shark and the Expos, he said. "This type of incident is not random, but caused," the doctor Claudio Souza. Officially, 50 accidents were recorded with the fish on the coast of Pernambuco since 1992. Nineteen have been fatal.